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December 20, 2004
Joeaneath Spicer Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2003. 187 pp.; 80 color ills.; 96 b/w ills. Cloth $39.95 (088884784X)

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, May 23–September 1, 2003; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Mass., July 24 –October 17, 2004; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, November 21, 2004–February 20, 2005

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2004.104

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Image: Gerard David. Four Heads (after details from the Ghent Altarpiece), after 1483. Metalpoint on prepared cream laid paper. 7.2 x 6.3 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

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Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada was produced to celebrate the recent promised gift to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa of a group of Dutch and Flemish drawings assembled by collectors residing in Toronto.1 In the exhibition, works from this generous gift have been supplemented with sheets from the National Gallery’s own collection. Ottawa already owns several outstanding drawings from this region, including Gerard David’s small metalpoint copies of...